Why am I so opposed to Leftist ideas? I experienced what it was like because I vividly remember as a child the 1967 Communist riots in Hong Kong as described by this article:
Hong Kong 1967 Leftist riots (English Wikipedia article)
That happened during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China, an event that caused tremendous damage to China's rich cultural heritage. And to think we came very close to China invading Hong Kong, too.
This is why I am opposed to many Leftist ideas to this day, as I've talked with witnesses who escaped from China not only during the Cultural Revolution, but also the disastrous Great Leap Forward between 1958 and 1961. And we know that Obama is well-versed in Marxist ideas.
As we wound our way through the lines I watched and listened. I heard latinos/hispanics talking about what socialism is like and how it’s unbelievable to see it happening here.....SE Mom
Why am I so opposed to Leftist ideas? I experienced what it was like because I vividly remember as a child the 1967 Communist riots in Hong Kong....Ray
I can still recall to this day a student forum I was involved in in 1969 in which I was branded a “liberal” for advocating that the US grant automatic asylum to anyone who had escaped a communist country—allowing for the vetting of possible agents of foreign governments.
Of course, my point was that our best hedge against communism here was people who had actually EXPERIENCED it elsewhere.
It took me decades to make my point, I think.